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Atmospheric Nanoparticles Impact Health, Weather Professor Says

February 28, 2010

Nanoparticles are atmospheric materials so small that they can't be seen with the naked eye, but they can very visibly affect both weather patterns and human health all over the world--and not in a good way, according to a study by a team of researchers at Texas A&M University. Full Story

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